Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria

Duchess Sophie Adelheid
Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach
Born	(1875-02-22)22 February 1875 Possenhofen, Bavaria
Died	4 September 1957(1957-09-04) (aged 82) Kreuth, West Germany
Spouse	Hans Veit, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach
Issue	Carl Theodor, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach Countess Antonia, Mrs. Woerner Count Hans Heribert
Names German: Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
Mother	Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal

Duchess Sophie in Bavaria (German: Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern; 22 February 1875 in Possenhofen, Bavaria – 4 September 1957 in Kreuth, West Germany).^[1]

Biography

Family

Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria with her family, 1910s

Her parents were Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, head of a cadet branch of the Bavarian royal family, and an ophthalmologist of recognized reputation, and his second wife, the Infanta Maria José of Braganza, third daughter of King Miguel I, exiled monarch of Portugal.^[1] Her paternal aunt was Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi). She was also the sister of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, consort of Albert I and of Marie Gabrielle, wife of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, later the head of the House of Wittelsbach.^[1] She was named after her father's first wife, Princess Sophie of Saxony, the mother of her half-sister Amalie.

Marriage and issue

On 26 July 1898 in Bavaria's capital, Munich, Sophie Adelheid married Count Hans Veit of Toerring-Jettenbach (Augsburg, 7 April 1862 – Munich, 29 October 1929), son of Count Clemens Maria Anton zu Toerring-Jettenbach (1826-1891) and his wife, Countess Franziska von Paumgarten (1834-1894).^{[citation needed]} He was head of the mediatized House of Toerring-Jettenbach. ^[1] They had three children, nine grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and eighteen great-great-grandchildren:^[1]

• Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach (22 September 1900 – 14 May 1967) he married Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark on 10 January 1934. They have two children, six grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria

16. Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria 8. Duke Pius August in Bavaria 17. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 4. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria 18. Prince Louis of Arenberg 9. Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg 19. Marie de Mailly, dame d'Ivry-sur-Seine 2. Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria 20. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 10. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria 21. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach 5. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria 22. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden 11. Princess Caroline of Baden 23. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 1. Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria 24. Peter III of Portugal 12. John VI of Portugal 25. Maria I of Portugal 6. Miguel I of Portugal 26. Charles IV of Spain 13. Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain 27. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma 3. Infanta Maria José of Portugal 28. Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein 14. Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein 29. Countess Sophie of Windisch-Graetz 7. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein 30. Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 15. Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 31. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth

References

Citations

1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Toerring-Jettenbach". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 4, 375-378. (German) ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3.

Bibliography

• von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee [The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN 3-7913-0394-5.

External links

• Media related to Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria at Wikimedia Commons